Spigot



A. M. NORZA Oct. 31, 1939.

SPIGOT Filed Oct. 29, 1938 INVENTOR. ANGELO M. NORZA M ATTORNEY.

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2,177,875 'SPIGOT Angelo M. "Norza, San Francisco, Calif. Application October 29, 1938, Serial No. 237,677

"Ihisinvention relates to spigots, andparticularly to spigots which provide an air inlet in addition to the liquid outlet.

I The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved spigot. of the type above mentioned which is simple and easy to make, and which will insure that any possible leakage of liquid from the auxiliary air inlet will join the main. liquid. outlet stream. Alsosuch a7 spigot which provides a definite siphon effect to the liquid stream to insure the liquid outflow starting from the main or liquid outflow passage before out of the smaller air inlet passage.

Another feature of my improved spigot is a de- 7 sign which can readily be made entirely of wood.

Other features andadvantages of the invention will appear in the following" description and accompanying drawing. 7

In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved spigot.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the spigot with the liquid and air passages shown in dotted lines. Figure 3 shows the end of the spigot as seen from the lines-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view of the lower end of the spigot 7 as seen from the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

. Figure 5 shows a modified barrel end of the spigot.

Figure 6 shows anothermodification of the barrel end of the spigot.

In the drawing the body of the spigot is L- shaped, and consists of a horizontal tapered leg I and a vertical leg 22 joined at right angles by a portion 3 of square form, and which portionis provided with a reduced size boss 4 projecting from its forward side in axial alignment with the horizontal leg I to provide a striking surface when driving the tapered end of the spigot into the bung hole of a barrel.

Two separate passageways extend through both legs of the spigot, one being the liquid passage 5 and the other the air inlet passage 6, these holes being drilled in from the ends of the legs until they meet as indicated by the dotted lines. 7

Adjacent the lower end of leg 2 is a transversely extending tapered plug 1 pierced by the holes 5' and 5' corresponding to the liquid and air passages 5 and and which plug is provided with the usual handle 8 for turning it to either close or open both passages. I

The extreme lower end of leg fly is formed with a reduced size nozzle 9 and it should be observed that the air passage 5 emerges at 6 from the main part of the leg partly as a vertical groove [0 exseated against the washer M.

3 Claims. (01. 225-5) tending down the outside of the nozzle so as to direct'any liquid which might flow from the air passage in'cothe main liquid stream issuing from thepassage 5 of the nozzle.

Figure 3 shows the air passage 6 to be at the extreme upper edge ofthe spigot leg which enters the barrel, and with the liquid'passage well'belowit. i

' In some cases instead of having a plain tapered end to drive into the barrel, I may provide threads H along the tapered end I as shown in Figure 5. Also if the spigot is to be used for drawing liquid from a large can instead of a barrel, it may additionally be provided at its end with one or more circular cutters as shown at I 2 in Figure 6, well as the threaded portion II, also a rigid shoulder l3 and a soft gasket Washer Hi, all so that it may be first driven through the wall of a can to cut out a circular hole, then screwed into the hole along the tapered threaded neck until firmly With this construction the spigot should preferably be made of metal, or at least the cutter end.

With reference to Figure 2 it should be noted that the air channel 6 is parallel to but spaced above and outwardly from the liquid channel 5 Also to be noted is that the plug 1 is displaced to 7 provide a vertical standing column of liquid in vertical passage 5 above the plug so that the momentthe plug is turned to open the passage 5 the weight of the standing columnat once causes a siphonic action to draw the liquid out of this passage before it could start running from the smaller air passage 6 if it had a tendency to do so. In fact, on account of the air passage 6' in the plug being much smaller than its liquid passage 5', the liquid passage is actually opened and the liquid started on its downward flow before the air passage is even opened, and hence, as soon the airpassage is opened the air has a tendency to rush in to relieve the reduced air pressure normally above the liquid when the spigot is used at the bottom of a barrel (as of wine) closed on top. 7

If someone should inadvertently open a plug or vent on top of the barrelto balance the air pres sure and then close it again, the liquid might run fromboth channels 5 and 5 until the reduced 1 air pressure demanded air andat which time the The satisfactory action of my improved spigot depends to a great extent on the provision of the vertical standing column of liquid in leg 2 above the plug, and I consider this feature to form an important combination in a ventilating spigot of this kind.

Having thus described the construction of my improved spigot, What I claim is:

1. A spigot comprising an L-shaped body of wood forming a horizontal and a downwardly extending leg when in place on a barrel, separate passages for liquid and air respectively drilled straight through the outer ends of both legs to respectively meet in the joined portion of the legs," the air passage being much smaller than the liq-' uid passage and positioned above the liquid passage in the horizontal leg and forward of the liquid passage in the vertical leg, and a taperspigot plug extending horizontally through the vertical leg near the lower end thereof arranged for open leg, separate passages for liquid and air respectively drilled straight through the outer ends of both legs to respectively meet in the joined portion of the legs, the liquid passage being much larger than the air passage and the downwardly extending end of it emerging in said nozzle, and the air passage positioned above the liquid passage in the horizontal leg and forward of it in the downwardly extending leg and emerging to the outer side of said nozzle and grooved into the side of the nozzle.

3. A spigot comprising an L-shaped body of wood forming a horizontal and a downwardly extending leg when in place on a barrel, said downwardly extending leg being of substantially rectangular cross section, and the horizontal leg of tapered round cross section for fitting a bung hole of a barrel, separate passages for liquid and air respectively drilled straight through the outer ends of both legs to respectively meet in the joined portion of the legs, the air passage being much smaller than the liquid passage and positioned above the liquid passage in the horizontal leg and forward of the liquid passage in the vertical leg, and a taper spigot plug extending horizontally through the vertical leg near the lower end there of arranged for opening and shutting off both passages and positioned to provide a relatively long standing liquid column in the vertical leg above the plug when the spigot is closed.

ANGELO M. NORZA. 

